Honest picks for developers and indie hackers who build things.
Figma is the default design tool but not the only one. Penpot is free and self-hostable. Affinity Designer core features...
Opus 4.8 just dethroned GPT-5.5 on the Intelligence Index. Same price as before, now the stronger model on most benchmar...
Three Claude models, three price points, one AI bill that can spiral fast. Here is the practical breakdown of which mode...
VS Code is free and works. But if you build alone and want AI that actually helps, Cursor, Windsurf, and Zed each make a...
Framer is beautiful but $30/month for the Pro plan adds up fast. Here are the best alternatives for indie hackers who wa...
Cloudflare R2 has zero egress fees. AWS S3 charges $0.09 per GB out. Backblaze B2 costs $0.006/GB stored but egress gets...
Opus 4.8 lands 41 days after 4.7 with same pricing, better coding scores, and a cheaper fast mode. Here is what actually...
Qwen 3.7 Max is 50% cheaper on output than Claude Sonnet 4.6 and scores higher on math and reasoning. Here is where each...
Calendly limits free users to one event type and keeps its branding on your booking page until you pay. Here are five ho...
Haiku 4.5 is 4x more expensive than Flash Lite but far better at coding. Here is which budget model fits which SaaS work...
Notion moved full AI features to the $20/month Business tier in 2026. If that math no longer works for your solo project...
Gemini 3.5 Flash costs 70% less than GPT-5.5 and matches it on most coding benchmarks. Here is the real cost math for in...
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